STERLING HEIGHTS ? A symposium on Sept. 20 co sponsored by Automation Alley will examine why manufacturers, challenged from the decline in the domestic auto industry and outsourcing, need to diversify in today’s changing economy.
For decades, area manufacturers have been doing business as usual in a previously-thriving auto market. Now faced with declining sales and contracts, manufacturers need to turn to different avenues for work. For the first time, four organizations have come together to unite their resources in an effort to guide manufacturers to new market opportunities.
Other co sponsors of Diversifying in a Flat World include the Sterling Heights, Utica, Shelby Chamber of Commerce, the City of Sterling Heights and the Macomb County Planning & Economic Development Department.
Presenters:
Welcome Note: Sterling Heights Mayor Richard Notte
Opening Remarks: Macomb County Commissioner Dana Camphous-Peterson
Keynote Speaker: George Erickcek of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research Success Stories:
Rick Kincaid, President, K&F Electronics
Ron Rapson, President and CEO, Morley Candy
Jim Petz, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Morley Candy
?What?s Next?? Christophe Sevrain, President, CJPS Enterprises
The Military as an Avenue for Diversifying your Business or Company,
Major General Bradley M. Lott, MEDC
The symposium will be held Sept. 20 from 8:30 to 11:30 am at the Best Western Sterling Inn. The cost is $20 per person.
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